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"All those moments will be lost in time like tears in the rain, time to die..."

peacemaker by robert and frank holt

minds of the empire by warren james parker

and the coping with... books by peter corey they fecking hilarious the coping with ones are

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Hey DKB shu'p with all that jibba jabber ya crazy foo!

good stuff

Anything by Tom Clancy (well, I've read them all so :P )

All of the seris' by David Eddings

WoT seris by Robert Jordan

And pretty much everything by R.A. Salvator as well.

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When my flying days are over, and my death has come to pass
I hope they bury me upside down, so the whole damn world can kiss my ass

um..

anyway, anything by piers anthony. that man is a god when it comes to authoring. except his latest xanth books, they are just silly.

best series by him: bio of a space tyrant, incarnations of immortality, apprentice adept, mode, fuck so many!!

Sue Hollister Barr's Twisted. It's about a bunch of hippies (in the 60's) who drive across contry with a skitzo who kills people. They curse alot, fuck some, and other random cool stuff. funny read

Stalk and Kill by Adrian Gilbert. It's about the history of snipers and stuff. awsome shit.

Ian Slater's Battle Front - USA vs. Militia. Surprisingly good read. I didn't finish reading the whole series, but the individual book was great.

and lastly, above all else... The C Programming Language, Second Edition, by K&R. The big white book

edit - d'oh!

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Net Syndrome - < http://www.netsyndrome.net/ >

Sometimes you're the dog, sometimes you're the hydrant...

This message has been edited by Spydir Web on March 16, 2001 at 08:16 PM

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god has a HARD ON for marines - Full Metal Jacket

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Originally posted by j0eSmith:

WoT seris by Robert Jordan

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God bless you sir.
I have read Tolkien (admittedly not recently) and I am enjoying (am enjoying = series not yet finished) the WOT series far more. Sooooo much more plot and character development. For anyone who enjoys fantasy literature this series is a very good read. Plus it (currently) consists of eight 650-1000 page books, so it makes for a good long read.

Books:
Asterix
Dune series
Star Wars (original plus the others)

plus various others that I can't remember...

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"The theory of gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." - Einstein

The Song of Fire & Ice series by George R.R. Martin is fantastic. Its a harsh, adult, low fantasy epic. In this world, the bad guys can get away with a lot and your favorite characters, well don't get too attached (fat chance).

Anything by Larry Niven is good. His collaborations with Pournelle(SP?) are great.

Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers 'Trilogy' is an obvious one.

Another BLATANTLY obvious good author that everyone in here either should or has read is Neal Stephenson. Snowcrash, Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon.

--Kintara

quote:

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Originally posted by DuSTman:
OK, if you can't read then how would you have read that to take offense at it, let alone read the apology? Furthermore, what benefit would this forum, furthermore the internet in general, have to an illiterate person?

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Good point.

I've just read the entire Ender's Game series. Well, all but Children of the Mind. I must say that I enjoyed them all. (Orson Scott Card, if you're interested.)
I'm not going to mention Dune. You've forbidden that.

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anything by piers anthony

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How can someone not like the hobbit?

The Discworld novels.

And finally... Shakespeare. Sappy, isn't it?

<<edit>> I'm a moron who can't use UBB code correctly.

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Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent.

This message has been edited by Prometheus on March 17, 2001 at 01:13 AM

All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Maria Remarque: a must read for anyone against war, or for those who want to see what ww1 was like.

Hannibal - Thomas Harris: the book was hella better than the movie.

Seals, UDT, Frogmen - Daryl Young: Read about the guys that have earned the title of World's Most Badass.

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger: Amazing book. It was written/published in the 40s/50s, and you can still read it and enjoy it.

D-Day: June 6th, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II - Stephen Ambrose: Exactly what happened on D-Day.. Ambrose is an amazing writer.. and I'm a WWII nut, so I loved this book.

Go buy these books.. now.

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the code was hard to write, I'm
going to damn well make it hard
to read

edit- i will get my sig to work. maybe not.
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This message has been edited by Psychosomatic_plague on March 17, 2001 at 08:31 AM

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Originally posted by fatbitch:
anything by piers anthony. that man is a god when it comes to authoring

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I don't read much, but he's truely the shit...
So, I like his stuff.. Also, I like Poe.. he was pretty cool

But the whole reason I even started to write this was to tell everyone to get, "The Ultimate Rush." I can't remember the other... but this is his first book and it KICKS ASS LIKE NO OTHER! You MUST read this book! And it's definately in the l33t hax0r theme, so that's cool!

READ IT!
READ IT!
READ IT!
READ IT!
READ IT!

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lets see...
has anyone besides me read Steven Brust? the man is incredible.. and if you want to read him i can send you a book prally i got a couple copies of each book i think.. its james Bond meets fantasy with hardcore irony left and right.

also.. the WoT series is getting a little drawn out if you ask me..

anyone read the HARRY POTTERs ? they are kick ass..

and btw, how do you get a line break in UBB code?

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Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was getting tired of being stared at.

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Originally posted by Psychosomatic_plague:
ok how 'bout books? (no offense if you can't read)

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OK, if you can't read then how would you have read that to take offense at it, let alone read the apology? Furthermore, what benefit would this forum, furthermore the internet in general, have to an illiterate person?

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"The theory of gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." - Einstein

This message has been edited by masher on March 17, 2001 at 06:39 PM

I've read three Crichton books (Sphere, Jurassic Park, and Timeline), and Sphere was easily the weakest of them.

Edit: Oh yah... and I read T-Man.

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This message has been edited by PersonGuy on March 18, 2001 at 08:41 PM

--Kintara

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Originally posted by masher:
It works.
Just a carriage return.

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<beating head against keyboard> dammmit!... oh well.. i guess ive been doing it the whole time... just not really noticing ..

</beating head against keyboard>

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Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was getting tired of being stared at.

(the others are good, but these are his best)

by grisham:
a time to kill
the firm
the rainmaker

by james patterson:
along came a spider
kiss the girls
black friday

by dean koontz:
lightning
darkfall
the watchers

by stephen king:
firestarter
carrie
pet sematery (sic)

by richard north patterson:
eyes of a child

by john saul:
the god project
the unwanted
the right hand of evil

other good ones:
call of the wild - jack london
the catcher in the rye - j.d. salinger
to kill a mockingbird - harper lee
after the fall - judith kellerman
starship troopers - robert a heinlein
great expectations - charles dickens
the bad seed - (can't remember the author's name)
the island - peter benchley
night - eli weisel
raptor - gary jennings

those are all worth reading... there are more that i really like, but it'd take me forever to list them all.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

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god has a HARD ON for marines - Full Metal Jacket

Without Remorse (Clancy's best)- Tom Clancy
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Hitchhikers "trilogy" - Douglas Adams
Timeline - Michael Crichton
Battlefield Earth (movie sucks) - L. Ron Hubbard
Sphere (movie also sucked) - Michael Crichton
*edit* D'oh, Airframe - Michael Chrichton
Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
The Search for Schroedinger's Cat (intro to quantam mechanics) - John Gribbin
Anything by Steven Hawking
Oh, the Redwall Series - Brian Jaques
Well, that's about all I can remember. Let me know if I'm missing any
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It's not the dress that makes the woman, it's the woman that makes the dress.

This message has been edited by miNus on March 18, 2001 at 06:35 PM

"The Stand" by Stephen King (uncut version)

You HAVE to read the uncut version--it really fleshes out more of the characters.

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--Jynx

I used to be a kleptomaniac, but then I took something for it.

Oh and yes ...what kind of cars are best? Some people say front engine, some people say rear engine. Possible front wheel drive or rear wheel drive? According to PJ O'Rourke its rental cars. They are perfomance cars, offroad vehicles, and the trunk can be converted to a cooler simply by adding ice.

Well World series
Rings of the master series

Not the best writer (something is just missing) but he is one heck of a storyteller.

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This message has been edited by nInabLaDe on March 20, 2001 at 12:32 PM

as for other writers, I really like Clancy, Crichton, Ayn Rand, Harlan Ellison, and the list goes on..

here's a longshot: Has anyone else read the "Legend of Jade Phoenix", the first 3 books in the Battletech novels? I loved these, but the rest of the Battletech books I could take or leave 'em.

YES i used to play battletech, rifts and carwars even :P

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Originally posted by nInabLaDe:
i usually hate books written by women. they're so ethereal and sappy...same with music and art.

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I think women are better singers.

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Stories are a bit predictabe, and clicheish at times, but they're good fun.

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"The theory of gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." - Einstein

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Don't you bla bla bla
bla bla bla bla bla bla
bla bla bla bla bla
Life can be so boring.
Looking out the window.
bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla

It's not so bad...
You are the best I ever had.
bla bla bla bla
You are the best I ever had.

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Something like that...
Anyway, THAT guy kicks ass! And if I ever had the money and rescorses I'd write songs for him... cause THAT guy kicks ass!

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<P:\>erson\Guy.exe -PersonGuy *pERSONgUY.cfg
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quote:

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Originally posted by askheaves:
Hey jealousy... hey jealousy

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Gin Blossoms?

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Originally posted by PersonGuy:
Are THOSE the lyrics??? What band?

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1+1=2

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Originally posted by askheaves:
1+1=2

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6+9=69?

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Originally posted by PersonGuy:
Who sings this song?

It's not so bad...
You are the best I ever had.
bla bla bla bla
You are the best I ever had.

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Actually you know it might not be that bad.
You were the best I'd ever had.
If I hadn't blown the whole thing years ago,
I might not be alone.

Tomorrow we can drive around this town
Let the cops chase us around.
Bla bla-bla bla bla might be found
to take it's place.

Hey jealousy... hey jealousy

...

Gin Blossoms?

GINBLOSSOMS

it's the name of the band, not a line in the song. heaves was quoting lyrics to "hey jealousy" by the ginblossoms. it's on their cd "new miserable experience"....

-- so tell me do you think it'd be alright
if i could just crash here tonight?
tomorrow we can drive around this town
and let the cops chase us around
you know that somethin might be found to take it's place

hey jealousy--

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

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Estuan interius
ira vehementi

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